Automatic cistern device.



No. 691,230. Patented Ian. l4, I902.

C. H. ASLING.

AUTOMATIC CISTERN DEVICE.

Application filed May 18, 1901.1

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 14; I902.

I c. H. ASLING. AUTOMATIC GISTERN DEVICE.

Application filed May 18, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

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CHARLES H. ASLING, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

AUTOMATIC CISTERN DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 691 ,230, dated January 14, 1902.

Application filed May 18,1901. Serial No. 60,831. (No model.)

To coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ASLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Oistern Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an automatic device for turning the water from the downspout into and from the cistern; and the object of mynewinventionis to provide an automatic device for first causing the first water that comes down the spout to be deflected into a tank and means for afterward automatically turning the water into the cistern; and other objects of minor importance will appear from the following description and from the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference denote like parts through the several views.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my entire device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the deflector and screen.

A represents my base-board secured to a perpendicular wall near the down-pipe to the cistern.

B represents a tank of any convenient size secured toA in any manner desired, the upper end of B being open and the lower end being provided with a screw-cap closure Q.

O is the cut-off or deflector. Extending on at rightangles to C, and on each side thereof, are two arms 0 and C. Extending from O to O, in a curve, as shown in Fig. 3, is a screen 0''. All, C, O, and O, are pivotally mounted in the down-spout by the pivot G. i

' D represents a float adapted to work loosely in the tank B.

E and E" represent a double rod adapted to work loosely up and down by the float D. Cross-bars F and F connect the two rods at desired points.

G represents an L-. shaped member pivotally mounted at K to the block H, H being permanently secured to the board A,as shown.

I represents a screen placed over the tank B.

J represents a tongue for scraping the accumulations of trash that form on the screen 0 into the spoutM.

L represents the joint by which G and R are united.

M represents the spout leading into the tank B from the down-spout, and N represents the spout leading from the down-spout into the cistern.

0 represents thedown-spout referred to.

P represents a small hole at the bottom of the tank B for the purpose of a drain.

Q represents a screw lid or closure for the bottom of the tank B.

In the position of my device as shown in the drawings it is apparent that if water should come down the pipe 0 it will strike 0 and be turned into the spout M, thence onto the screen I, and then fall to the bottom of the vessel B. As the water accumulates in Bit will cause the float D to rise, carrying upward with it endwise the rods E and E. \Vhen D has been raised to near the top of B, the cross-bar F will contact with the outer end of the lever G, carrying it upward to the positionshown by the dotted lines. This latter movement will have the effect of causing C to make a quarter-turn to the left, which will open the pipe N and close the spout M, as also shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 2. The water will slowly recede from the tank B through the hole .P, enough water continuing to pass around 0 and into the tank .13 to counterbalance the waste through the hole P as long as it continues to rain; but should the rain discontinue for some time the water will soon all be drawn out of B, which will cause the float D, and consequently the outoff 0, to assume their former position and ready to act again in the manner just described should it again begin to rain.

It is apparent that the first water which comes through the down-pipe 0 will always be prevented from entering the cistern, thus deflecting the dirt and trash which always accumulates on a roof from the cistern into the tank B, where it can readily be seen and cleared away. v

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the appended drawings, the operation of my invention will be readily understood and its many advantages will be fully appreciated, and I will simply state that the device by reason of its simplicity and ease and eificienc-y of operation will prove a useful and practical device, as I have fully demonstrated to my entire satisfaction.

My improvements herein shown and described are perfectly adapted to accomplish the results for which they are intended; but it is evident that changesin and modifications of the construction and form of parts as herein shown and described may be made and that analogous parts may be used to accomplish the same results without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its many advantages.

Having shown and described the best construction of my invention to me known at this time, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

In an automatic cistern device, the combination, a base-board to be fastened to the wall of a building to which is secured a tank,

the upper open end of which is covered with a screen, the lower end being closed by a screw-cap a small drain-hole being provided near the latter, a loosely-mounted float adapted to travel up and down in said tank by the action of the water admitted and discharged therefrom, double rods carried endwise up and down by said float, said rods being connected by cross-bars F, F, the latter being arranged to operate a lever to control the action of the cut-01f to control the entrance of the water to said tank or to be deflected into the cistern, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. AS LING. 

